Recently, I finished my kit of the 1/1000 Enterprise. While I didn't go "all out" as I originally thought I would, I thought the stand for it could use some redoing. Soooo...I combined the original stand with the dome stand from my Surak model:
The dome stand is painted to represent the northern hemisphere of the planet earth, and I figured the Arrowhead would be a nice touch. I painted the Arrowhead in gold, then painted over it with Tamiya clear yellow to give it a richer golden color:
The ship itself is painted with Krylon primer, then Apple Barrel Acrylics and sealed with Krylon clear coat and matte finish. I mixed up a light grey tinted with a small amount of green to approximate the "concrete" color for the hull. I then did a wash on the crevasses and corners of the ship to give it some scale, and dry-brushing to bring out the highlights. The Bussard Collectors are done in Tamiya transparent red and yellow, with the inner clear pieces done in acrylics:
A thin piece of heavy wire was inserted into sprue, then the sprue was glued into place on the dome. Once dried, the Arrowhead for the stand was plastic-welded into place for aesthetics and to physically steady the wire:
My special thanks goes out to delong1701 for the spare decals, and to crowe-t for the parts I was missing!
The dome stand is painted to represent the northern hemisphere of the planet earth, and I figured the Arrowhead would be a nice touch. I painted the Arrowhead in gold, then painted over it with Tamiya clear yellow to give it a richer golden color:
The ship itself is painted with Krylon primer, then Apple Barrel Acrylics and sealed with Krylon clear coat and matte finish. I mixed up a light grey tinted with a small amount of green to approximate the "concrete" color for the hull. I then did a wash on the crevasses and corners of the ship to give it some scale, and dry-brushing to bring out the highlights. The Bussard Collectors are done in Tamiya transparent red and yellow, with the inner clear pieces done in acrylics:
A thin piece of heavy wire was inserted into sprue, then the sprue was glued into place on the dome. Once dried, the Arrowhead for the stand was plastic-welded into place for aesthetics and to physically steady the wire:
My special thanks goes out to delong1701 for the spare decals, and to crowe-t for the parts I was missing!
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